Music streaming in the home network with iTunes, Fritzbox, NAS and Media Player is quite simple. This article shows you which streaming solution is right for you and how you can use it easily.
Method 1: Streaming directly to the media player and through iTunes
The Radioprogramm is unbearable, always the same hits, in between uncomfortable silly talk, bland profit games and eternal advertising. Switch off! Get to the Lord about the program and stream your music collection.
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Classical music in the living room, in the kitchen plays the radio oldies, and in the children's room runs on the smartphone rap. Wishful thinking? No, in a networked home, you can always be a part of your favorite music - independent of the radio program, in the highest quality and without any annoying advertising.
Method 2: Windows as a Simple Media Server
Today, it is no longer a challenge to provide your own music collection in the home network. More and more network-enabled devices support the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and / or Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standards. In addition, there are a number of interesting solutions that allow you to play your music collection on any device
Method 3: NAS as its own streaming server
To play the music collection stored on your PC over the home network, you do not necessarily have to install a server software. Because the streaming of music also works smoothly with onboard devices, as both the Windows Media Player integrated in Windows as well as the free Apple program iTunes are able to play music in the LAN / WLAN
The only requirement is that the playback device supports the UPNP standard or - in the case of iTunes - Apple's AirPlay. You start the Windows Media Player, click through your media library to the desired album or song, click a song with the right mouse button, select "Play on" in the context menu and specify on which device the music piece should be played. That works well with playlists.
Similarly, if you have a device that supports Apple's AirPlay standard, such as an AirPort Express adapter that is connected to the stereo, or a receiver such as the Yamaha RX-V475, it works just like it does with iTunes. Start iTunes, click Music, and then select the speakers you want to use by clicking on the icon.
Prima: If you own an iOS device, you can upgrade it to the full iTunes remote control with the free app Remote. Launch the app and tap Add iTunes iTunes Library. Click the code that you see in iTunes, by clicking on the iOS device on which remote is installed, enter the four-digit code and confirm with OK.
IDEAL FOR: Users who only want to stream music from the home network from time to time and who do not want to install a server on their PC.
Windows already comes with an integrated media server, which provides multi-media files stored on the PC in the network. However, this function is disabled in the default setting.
Go to "System Control", open the "Network and Sharing Center" and click on "Change Advanced Sharing Settings" in the left column. In the Personal or Workspace area, under Media Streaming, click Select Media Streaming Options, and then click the Enable Media Streaming check box.
You can then specify which devices on the network are not allowed to access the shared media. To do this, click the "Allowed" button next to a device and select "Blocked". Enter a meaningful name for "Rename Media Library" and exit the dialog with "OK."
To stream the shared files over the network, start the playback device and click through the menu structure. Supported are, among others, smart TVs, Blu-ray players, amplifiers, multimedia hard drives as well as the video game consoles Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Mobile Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices can be synonymous with the appropriate apps to full-fledged streaming Receivers.
Method 4: Also the Fritzbox streamt music
In practice, it is very useful that you can select the output device called Renderer in apps such as BubbleUPnP (Android) and ArkMC (iOS) to use smartphones and tablets as media server remote control.
Read the "Smartphones and tablets as remote controls" box on the next page.
IDEAL FOR: Anyone who wants to stream music files stored on the PC without having to install a server.
If a NAS system is integrated into your home network, you do not even have to turn on the PC to stream your music collection. Finally, all NAS manufacturers equip their network storage with appropriate streaming capabilities.
In Synology, this is about the "media server". After you install and run the application on your Synology NAS, the media server provides all the files stored in the default "photo", "music", and "video" network-wide files so that they can be played back on all devices that support DLNA or UPnP support.
In the configuration dialog of the "Media Server" application, you define the "menu language", decide for a "menu style" and specify whether Internet radio transmitters should also be received. Interestingly, the Synology media server also provides a transcoding function. If your playback device is not able to play music formats such as FLAC, AAC or OGG, the application will convert the files to MP3 format before playback.
If you are not satisfied with the functionality of the Synology standard solution, you should take a look at Serviio, the media server, which is described in detail in the section "Versatile Streaming Server: Serviio". Because the NAS version of Serviio can not be loaded through the Synology standard sources, you need to manually expand the list of package sources.
In the configuration interface, click on "Package Center", select "Settings" and bring up the "Package Source" tab. Click Add, type a unique name for Name, and enter the URL http://packages.pcloadletter.co.uk. Close all open dialog boxes with "OK", and then click "Refresh" in the "Package Center."
The packages offered by the source you just entered can be found under "Community"
IDEAL FOR: All owners of a NAS system who want to share their music collection stored on the network memory around the clock in the whole house.
A good alternative to streaming over a NAS system is the "Volksrouter" Fritzbox. On the one hand, it is already in operation around the clock, on the other hand Fritzboxen already offer a Mediaserver function from the factory.
The only disadvantage of this variant is that you have to invest money into a USB storage medium, since the Fritzbox has only a small amount of space.
The decor is very simple. Copy your music collection to a USB storage device and connect it to a USB port of the Fritzbox. Under "Home Network" and "Mediaserver", enable the "Mediaserver active" feature and enter a meaningful name for "Name". Then select which "media sources in the home network" should be provided.
Interesting extra: If you use 1 & 1 online store, the Telekom Media Center or Google Play Music, to store your music collection in the cloud, you can also select the online stores as sources by clicking the corresponding entries under "Media sources on the Internet" Enter the access data
Finally, click on "Apply", the Fritzbox media server starts and you can access your music library with any UPnP-enabled device.
IDEAL FOR: owners of a Fritzbox router who would like to stream their music collection on a USB storage or in a std cloud stored in the home LAN.
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